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RWSN Newsletter March 2010
As 2010 gets well under way, we once again welcome you to our quarterly newsletter. In this edition, there is a particular focus on the Cost-Effective Boreholes flagship, which has just released a model for the calculation of water well drilling costs. This should assist drilling enterprises to better consider their actual costs, and also enable clients to have a more comprehensive understanding of the numerous cost components involved.
Video Conference - How Household Investment in Rural Water Supply can make a difference?
In November 2009, WSP-Rural and Small Town Global Practice Team and RWSN ran a video-conference to consider the question: How can household investment in Rural Water Supply make a difference?
Rural Water Supply Global Study
The Water and Sanitation Programme of the World Bank (WSP) have just launched a Rural Water Supply Global Study to identify and understand which factors in and outside the sector contribute to successful water service management in rural areas. The study will bring together lessons from the field and carry out analysis to extract success factors. Thus, water and sanitation practitioners from all over the world (such as yourselves) are invited to propose case studies that meet the best practice selection criteria with respect to reliability, safety, affordability and sustainability. Draft case studies should be prepared and submitted by April 2010. These will be followed by validation visits from May to December 2010.
Waterlines Journal
Why don't you share your practical and professional experience in water and sanitation with others? Consider writing for the Waterlines Journal!
RWSN Bulletin Trimestriel - janvier 2010
Il est encourageant de voir que le reconnaissance de la nécessité de s'assurer que les points d'eau améliorés continuent à fonctionner dans le temps commence à prendre racine dans certaines organisations. Vous verrez ci-dessous que le groupe Aguasan a publié un rapport sur la gestion communautaire et au-delà, que l’IRC a lancé un projet substantiel sur les services durables à l’échelle, et que WaterAid a également entrepris de vastes analyses de situation concernant la durabilité des systèmes d’approvisionnement en eau en milieu rural tanzanien. Ainsi, une meilleure compréhension des problèmes et des solutions possibles continue à se développer. Nous vous encourageons, lecteurs de ce bulletin et membres de RWSN, à continuer à nous informer de ce que vous observez, faites et documentez concernant la durabilité des systèmes d’approvisionnement en eau en milieu rural. Sur une note légèrement différente, le Rapport de Performance 2009 du Secteur de l’Eau et de l’Environnement en Ouganda montre une tendance inquiétante en ce qui concerne la durabilité environnementale en général, avec la préoccupation que ce pays connu pour sa végétation abondante et ses sols fertiles sera probablement sous stress hydrique d'ici 2020. Pour plus d'information voir ci-dessous.
Sustainable Services at Scale (Triple-S):
The International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC) has launched a multi-country learning project which aims to move from project based, one-off construction of water systems to indefinitely sustainable rural water services delivered at scale.
Code of Practice for Cost-Effective Boreholes
RWSN, with UNICEF/USAID support, is developing a Code of Practice for Cost-Effective Boreholes which aims to bring about: a healthy water well drilling sector; acceptable costs and excellent construction quality. It is envisaged that ultimately, country stakeholders will operate according to tailor-made country protocols for cost-effective water well drilling which consider the national context but also follow best international practice. Clearly this is a very ambitious goal and a long term process. As part of the work, studies have been carried out in Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Zambia.
RWSN Newsletter November 2009
It is encouraging to see that an appreciation of the need to ensure that improved water points continue to function over time is starting to take root within some organisations. You will see below that the Aguasan group has published a report on community management, that IRC has a launched a substantial project on sustainable services at scale, and also that WaterAid has undertaken considerable analysis of the situation regarding the sustainability of rural water supplies in Tanzania. Thus, a better understanding of the problems and possible solutions continues to grow. We encourage you, readers of this newsletter and RWSN members to continue to inform us of what you are observing, doing and documenting regarding the sustainability of rural water supplies.
Management for sustainability in Tanzania:
WaterAid Tanzania have just published an interesting report that analyses the financial management of rural water supplies, examines private operators as a possible solution and looks at regulations and sustainability of projects in Tanzania.
Study of Public and Private Borehole Drilling in Nigeria
UNICEF has been supporting the Federal Government of Nigeria in water supply and sanitation in the rural areas in all the 36 states of the country since 1999. Most of the water supply is through the provision of boreholes. UNICEF Nigeria commissioned the Study of Public and Private Borehole Drilling in Nigeria to evaluate the factors affecting the cost of drilling in the country and determine how to achieve more cost effective borehole provision.
